Playing pool with Tulga (left) and his nephew.

A horse race in Tulga's village.

Tulga's mother and father.

The Morin Khuur made by Tulga's father.

Tulga fording a stream on our way to the Amarbayasgalant Monastery.

The Amarbayasgalant Monastery.

Marion and Christoph climbing a dune at Khongoryn Els.

Most of the roads in the Gobi looked like this.

The "white stuppa" cliffs in the Gobi. The tiny spec silhouetted in the upper right was our driver, Soso.

Marion entering a ger where we spent the night.

Inside the ger the next morning.

Taking down a ger.

Going...

...going...

...gone.


Ovoos (forground) and Marion, Christoph, Soso, and Soso's little blue truck (background).

Undarmaa in front of the Gandan monastery.

Hanging out in Ulaanbaatar.

Saddles at the "black market" in Ulaanbaatar. Saddles in Mongolia are usually wood, and not padded in any way that you'd notice.

Butcher at the "black market" in Ulaanbaatar.

It snowed the day before I left Mongolia!

Changing train wheels at the Mongolia/China border.

Making Tiananmen square pretty for the 2008 Olympics.

I just don't have a caption for this one.


Breakfast of champions! Dog meat and rice whisky.

My more usual breakfast place, offering soup, and pastries for dipping.

Inside the Forbidden City.

Inside the Forbidden City. With scaffolding.

In a Beijing Hutong.

Hiking on the Great Wall.